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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign | Income before income taxes is as follows:
|  | Year Ended May 31,
(In millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Income before income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 1,967 |  |  | $ | 3,066 |  |  | $ | 1,231 |
Foreign |  | 2,238 |  |  | 478 |  |  | 2,025 |
TOTAL INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES |  | $ | 4,205 |  |  | $ | 3,544 |  |  | $ | 3,256 |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | The provision for income taxes is as follows:
|  | Year Ended May 31,
(In millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 596 |  |  | $ | 259 |  |  | $ | 378 |
State |  | 80 |  |  | 104 |  |  | 79 |
Foreign |  | 369 |  |  | 499 |  |  | 442 |
Total |  | 1,045 |  |  | 862 |  |  | 899 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | (66 | ) |  | 19 |  |  | (4 | )
State |  | (11 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | (4 | )
Foreign |  | (36 | ) |  | (27 | ) |  | (86 | )
Total |  | (113 | ) |  | (11 | ) |  | (94 | )
TOTAL INCOME TAX EXPENSE |  | $ | 932 |  |  | $ | 851 |  |  | $ | 805 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | A reconciliation from the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate is as follows:
|  | Year Ended May 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Federal income tax rate |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
State taxes, net of federal benefit |  | 0.9 | % |  | 1.8 | % |  | 1.4 | %
Foreign earnings |  | -15.7 | % |  | 2.2 | % |  | -11.8 | %
Deferred charge |  | 0.9 | % |  | -14.6 | % |  | 0.0 | %
Other, net |  | 1.1 | % |  | -0.4 | % |  | 0.1 | %
EFFECTIVE INCOME TAX RATE |  | 22.2 | % |  | 24.0 | % |  | 24.7 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Deferred tax assets and (liabilities) comprise the following:
|  | As of May 31,
(In millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 11 |
Inventories |  | 59 |  |  | 49 |
Sales return reserves |  | 143 |  |  | 113 |
Deferred compensation |  | 258 |  |  | 211 |
Stock-based compensation |  | 179 |  |  | 162 |
Reserves and accrued liabilities |  | 92 |  |  | 95 |
Net operating loss carry-forwards |  | 10 |  |  | 16 |
Undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries |  | 149 |  |  | 194 |
Other |  | 76 |  |  | 51 |
Total deferred tax assets |  | 977 |  |  | 902 |
Valuation allowance |  | (9 | ) |  | (9 | )
Total deferred tax assets after valuation allowance |  | 968 |  |  | 893 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  | (220 | ) |  | (237 | )
Intangibles |  | (93 | ) |  | (94 | )
Other |  | (38 | ) |  | (2 | )
Total deferred tax liability |  | (351 | ) |  | (333 | )
NET DEFERRED TAX ASSET |  | $ | 617 |  |  | $ | 560 |
Unrecognized Tax Benefits Reconciliation | The following is a reconciliation of the changes in the gross balance of unrecognized tax benefits:
|  | As of May 31,
(In millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of the period |  | $ | 506 |  |  | $ | 447 |  |  | $ | 285 |
Gross increases related to prior period tax positions(1) |  | 32 |  |  | 814 |  |  | 77 |
Gross decreases related to prior period tax positions(1) |  | (123 | ) |  | (166 | ) |  | (3 | )
Gross increases related to current period tax positions |  | 82 |  |  | 125 |  |  | 130 |
Gross decreases related to current period tax positions |  | (9 | ) |  | (30 | ) |  | (9 | )
Settlements(1) |  | (27 | ) |  | (676 | ) |  | — |
Lapse of statute of limitations |  | (10 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (21 | )
Changes due to currency translation |  | (13 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (12 | )
UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS, END OF THE PERIOD |  | $ | 438 |  |  | $ | 506 |  |  | $ | 447 |
(1) | During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, the Company reached a resolution with the IRS on a U.S. Unilateral Advanced Pricing Agreement that covers intercompany transfer pricing for fiscal years 2011 through 2020. As a result, the Company recorded a gross increase in unrecognized tax benefits related to prior period tax positions, a gross decrease in unrecognized tax benefits related to prior period tax positions and a settlement. The net impact of these items resulted in a decrease to unrecognized tax benefits.
Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards | The Company has available domestic and foreign loss carry-forwards of $36 million at May 31, 2015. Such losses will expire as follows:
|  | Year Ending May 31,
(In millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020-2035 |  | Indefinite |  |  | Total |
Net operating losses |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 36 |

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